November 25th, 2009
Away Message: Happy Thanksgiving, See you at COP-15 Hydrogen Convergence Party on 11/30/09
We at the ebTDesign Forum wish you and yours a safe and happy Thanksgiving Holiday. At the ebTDesign Forum, we use this time to enjoy friends and family. We also take stock of the many gifts we’ve been given like a strong community and a cause like hydrogen convergence. Please be safe and if you can, drop by the twitterverse for the COP-15 Hydrogen Convergence Coming-out Party on Monday, November 30th.
Zachary Alexander
Concepts: COP-15, hydrogen, LinkedIn, SNICE, twitterverseAugust 4th, 2009
Away Message: ebTDesign Forum Celebrates 4 year Anniversary
To the readers and twitter followers:
We at the ebTDesign Forum would like to thank you for your support and the community we’ve created. There have been many highlights since the last time we celebrated an anniversary. Too many to list completely so here’s our short list:
• Launched the Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE)
• Found the twitterverse and established a colony
• Began laying the foundation for the Hydrogen Convergence Movement
We invite you to stay tuned because this next year promises to be even better.
Zachary Alexander
The IT Investment Architect®
July 6th, 2009
Announcing: The SNICE Hydrogen Convergence Subgroup
Today, the ebTDesign Forum is proud to announce the formation of the SNICE Hydrogen Convergence Subgroup on LinkedIn. This strategic network will serve as a starting point for those SNICE members who are concerned with how the introduction of the hydrogen car in 2015 and other related hydrogen technologies will affect the economic health of their hometown communities. Anyone interested in joining can follow this SNICE Subgroup Link.
Zachary Alexander
The IT Investment Architect®
March 27th, 2009
Update: Industry Cluster Empowerment Podcasts
The new ebTDesign Audio series called “Let’s Talk Industry Cluster Empowerment” is proceeding on course quite rapidly. The goal of these new podcast segments is to start discussions about how to use industry cluster empowerment to drive hometown economies in this country and abroad.
Here are a few of the topics we are considering:
- Putting America on a more Entrepreneurial Footing
- Entrepreneurship in a post-Globalization Marketplace
- Channeling Creative Destruction with Industry Cluster Empowerment
We at the ebTDesign Forum are actively seeking input as we embark on this journey of research and discovery. We are looking for case studies and success stories but any advice or guidance is welcomed.
PS: If you’re not a member of the Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE), now would be a great time to join.
Zachary Alexander
The IT Investment Architect®
February 27th, 2009
Comments Welcomed on Industry Cluster Empowerment
Readers of the ebTDesign Forum are encouraged to post their comments about industry cluster empowerment in the LinkedIn group discussions for SNICE (Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment).
We look forward to hearing what you think about the First Rule of Industry Cluster Empowerment and our calls for putting America on a more entrepreneurial footing. Also, any suggestions you may have about how to improve our on-boarding process would be deeply appreciated.
Zachary Alexander
The IT Investment Architect®
January 28th, 2009
Why Industry Cluster Empowerment Uses LinkedIn
Readers of the ebTDesign Forum often ask why we decided to base the Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE) on LinkedIn. The simple answer is access built-in user base of over 30 million members.
The most important benefit LinkedIn provides to SNICE is a large network of peers with weak interpersonal ties. These people move in different circles that may only tangentially relate to the topic of industry cluster empowerment. However, they personify numerous possibilities for finding new opportunities for peer-peer learning and unexpected growth.
LinkedIn also provides SNICE with a reputation management system. One of the problems with blogging and/or other open networking opportunities is the lack of redress for unseemly comments. Users of LinkedIn want to appear reasonable because their peers are watching and they are quick to respond if they feel they are being misrepresented.
We never seriously considered starting our on social media platform because research shows that the majority of senior decision makers already have a presence on LinkedIn. Second, most private social media platforms top out at about fifty-thousand users. Third, we wanted to reduce the risk of getting caught on the wrong side of any contraction/consolidation that might take place as the strategic networking sector matures.
The IT Investment Architect®
Concepts: industry cluster, LinkedIn, SNICEJanuary 26th, 2009
Improving the Practice of Industry Cluster Empowerment
Some of our readers have asked for more information on the Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE). What are the expectations of the ebTDesign for SNICE? Where do we see things going and how do they relate to our prior discusses about P2P Economy transition?
SNICE was started as a means of answering questions about improving the practice of industry cluster empowerment. We, also, wanted to identify resources that guarantee the success of both business and community leaders. Which economic values are keys to engaging members and the adoption of self-accountability measures?
Entrepreneur support professionals (guides) point to practice as a means of improving leadership skills. If this is the case, our readers should be informed of which practice regimes will prepare them to perform industry cluster empowerment at the highest level. We invite you to join us as we explore these and many other questions about leadership in the P2P Economy.
The IT Investment Architect®
Concepts: guide, industry cluster, SNICEJanuary 1st, 2009
Happy New Year and Welcome to 2009
This year is shaping up to be an exciting year for industry cluster empowerment. We, at ebTDesign, are hearing major technology announcements that cause us to believe that 2009 will be the breakout year for the renewable industry.
President-Elect Obama is showing signs that he will make good on his promise to create green sector jobs. The Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE) is continuing to add members and many of them are from the renewable industry.
See you next time for more bright ideas on industry cluster empowerment.
Zachary Alexander
The IT Investment Architect®
November 25th, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving from the P2P Economy
Our team, at ebTDesign, would like to wish you and yours a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. We are very grateful for our loyal readers and the new members of the Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE). From our company’s vantage point on the P2P Economy frontier, we can see many possibilities ahead for finishing this year on a positive note and starting the next year with a bang by investing in America. See you next week for more bright ideas on enabling P2P Economy success.
The IT Investment Architect®
Concepts: industry cluster, Invest in America, P2P Economy, postcard, SNICEOctober 22nd, 2008
New Micro Business Discovery for P2P Economy Transition Planning
Over the weekend, we ran across a new strategic networking site called Micromagnate. This site caters to small businesses with 10 employees or less. These entrepreneurs are the individuals who will benefit the most from the P2P Economy because they will be able to more easily turn their skills into economic value.
This micro business site fits very well with our SNICE community building activities. We are doing very well with attracting community leaders and industry professionals from the LinkedIn community. Now with the help of Micromagnate, we will able to interact with the type of entrepreneurs that will drive our P2P Economy transition planning.
The IT Investment Architect®
Concepts: entrepreneur, industry cluster, LinkedIn, micro business, P2P Economy, SNICE, transition-planningSeptember 25th, 2008
Moving Past Wall Street into the P2P Economy: Part 2
When all the dust settles from the current financial crisis, United States lawmakers will see that the best way to fix the American economy is to empower more industry clusters/affinity groups/Special Interest Groups (SIG). The Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE) is identifying as many resources as possible that can be used to educate local communities in cluster-based economic development. This material will also come in handy in the broader context of P2P Economy Transition Planning.
Lawmakers in the United States are dealing with the crisis of confidence in the financial sector. But they are not dealing with the fundamental changes which have to do with life in a P2P Economy. Even though America has been let down repeatedly by professionals in the financial industry, the American people are, for the most part, an optimistic people. They have a special knack for making the internal calculations necessary during hard times for standing together and with the rest of the world. Middle and working-class Americans see the need to redefine globalization. Now it’s time for the lawmakers to catch up.
The IT Investment Architect®
Concepts: globalization, industry cluster, P2P Economy, SNICE, transition-planningSeptember 14th, 2008
Introducing SNICE to the P2P Economy
Sorry for the slow down in blog segments on the P2P Economy Transition Planning Process. We, at the ebTDesign Forum, have been working diligently to better understand the cluster-based economic development community. Once we fully appreciate where the members of the Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE) live intellectually then we can introduce them to the benefits of the P2P Economy. This is becoming a very big step in the process of helping off-line industries use the P2P Economy concepts.
The IT Investment Architect®
Concepts: industry cluster, P2P Economy, SNICE, transition-planningAugust 29th, 2008
Happy Labor Day from the P2P Economy
Hopefully, you’ll find some time to decompress a little from the grind of P2P Economy Transition Planning. Before you know it, the business development season will start in earnest. To help readers be successful, we at the ebTDesign Forum have been busy working on a new LinkedIn group called the Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment (SNICE).
This LinkedIn group has been created for professionals involved in the development of industry clusters. The objective is to bring together community leaders and the top value-chain partners. You can get information about the Strategic Network for Industry Cluster Empowerment by clicking this SNICE link. If you’re not a member of LinkedIn, this may be the perfect time to join.
Enjoy Your Holiday!!!
The IT Investment Architect®
Concepts: industry cluster, LinkedIn, P2P Economy, SNICE, value-chain